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Chimney animal work on Crystal Point homes

The dates that govern bat exclusion in Florida

Florida's nuisance wildlife rule allows bat exclusion devices from August 15 to April 15 and prohibits them from April 16 through August 14, the period when young bats may be unable to fly. Sealing a chimney during those months could trap young bats inside. The rule sets the calendar, and no one on our crew works around it.

If bats are using a chimney in Crystal Point during summer, the lawful plan is to wait for August 15. Our team uses the waiting time to prepare the cap and any repairs, so the chimney can be closed promptly once exclusion is complete.

What to close while you wait for us

Close the damper if it works, shut the fireplace doors or pull the screen across, and keep the room door closed. These steps keep an animal in the flue from reaching the house while the visit is arranged. Setting a heavy object against a fireplace screen helps if a pet might knock it aside.

Keep children and pets out of the room and leave food out of reach of the fireplace. If the damper does not close fully, tell us when you book, because a damper that no longer seals is one of the repairs we check for once the animal is gone.

If the animal gets into the house

Close interior doors to confine the animal to one room, open an outside door or window in that room if you can do so safely, and leave. Do not corner or try to catch it.

If it stays, call local animal control. The Florida Department of Health advises avoiding direct contact with wildlife and consulting a healthcare provider after any possible contact. Once the room is clear, call (645) 465-4122, and our team finds how the animal came down the chimney of your Crystal Point home and closes that route.

Other birds on or in the chimney

Swifts are not the only birds that use chimneys. Nests appear in the gaps of damaged caps, on crowns and inside open flues. The Migratory Bird Treaty Act prohibits taking protected migratory birds without authorization, and that protection covers many native species.

So we identify the bird before the nest is touched. If it is protected and active, the chimney work on your Crystal Point home waits. If the nest is empty or the species is not protected, our specialists clear it and close the entry. Birds nesting on top of a cap rather than inside the flue can usually be handled once the nest is empty, and the cap is then checked for gaps.